BVI Shelling

Finding perfectly dried beautiful SEA BISCUITS, URCHINS and fragile shells like RAMS HORNS on the beach is always an exciting experience during our vacations.
We found all of these gems last week on Anegada Island in the British Virgin Islands while combing the white sandy beaches surrounded by light turquoise waters.
Its amazing to me that such lovely and fragile pieces of natural art can be found laying in the sand completely intact and unbroken by the sea. RAM'S HORNS (Spirula spirula- the internal shell of a SQUID- ) are so brittle I'm always afraid they will break in my suitcase when traveling home so I have to plan my packing. (And yes! That's a HAMBURGER BEAN I found- so excited!)
That's why choosing a few specimens to bring home gets difficult knowing we have to pack them to survive airport luggage handling and my own klutzy mishaps with carry-ons. I've learned through the years, we must get creative in our packaging... use everything we already have. I …